United States presidential contender Ron Paul has warned that his country is slipping into a twenty-first century fascist system with a broke government ruled by big business. RT asked some experts whether they agree.
Speaking to supporters in Kansas City, the Republican candidate said Americans’ individual liberties were being stripped away.
And, as Houston-based author Anis Shivani says, Paul is “the only candidate on the Republican side who is talking about the loss of civil liberties, pending illegal wars, making the connection between imperialism and the loss of rights at home.”
It now looks like Ron Paul could have won the Maine caucus, and Shivani believes he could have more support with the American public but it seems that the media won’t allow it to happen:
“I think he does have hardcore support – maybe it could be 15 to 20 per cent of people on the conservative side. His support could be wider, but the media will never treat a candidate like him with seriousness, they will just dismiss him as a fringe candidate because of, for example, his very firm stance on Iran, he is saying ‘Let’s not get into another war on Iran, we just can’t afford it, and every time we do this, it makes governance at home more difficult.’ So the media will say he is just not interested in national security and dismiss him.”
http://rt.com/news/ron-paul-candidate-liberties-717/
And radio host and author Stephen Lendman also agrees that current US policies are evidence that the country has indeed developed a fascist system, going on to disagree slightly: “The only thing I disagree with Ron Paul is that it is not slipping into it – it’s deep into it.”
Noting that while he is not a Ron Paul supporter, Lendman supports his opposition to imperial wars, echoing Paul in his criticism of the Federal Reserve Bank:
“He has gone after the Federal Reserve for years – it’s a repressive group, privately owned and operated, it isn’t federal and it does not have reserves, as Ron Paul explains. It’s owned by the major bankers, maybe the Wall Street ones, and they use money power to create more of it at the public’s expense.”
Ron Paul is using the platform effectively to critique the GOP and expose the ignorance of his mates! Clever man. More power to Ron Paul Revolution!
If he keeps talking like that, he might be elected. I say “might” because, given the fix with the machines and the way the US Supreme Court comes down on issues like this, it is highly unlikely.
But… given the incompetence of the crooks who are running the country right now, he still might make it.
And, if he did that, they would have to kill him. They would have no other choice.
I would hate to see a good man with his convictions die, even for his country. Because his death would not serve the country, but only those who would have killed him.
And, if he were elected, they would have no alternative… they would have to “accident,” “Wellstone,” “JFK” or “heart attack” him.
Better for him to stay alive, to work and do what he can from inside the Senate.
At least he will be heard. Dead, no one will even read his words anymore. And, his example would be used to keep his son or the next Ron Paul quiet and in line.
Mark my words. He will not make it to the Presidency. If he even looks like he has a real chance, he will suffer some fatal malady. They simply cannot accept that risk.
My dear intelectuals, writers, activists etc…. No one yet won anythin by writing books, hundreds maybe thousands of different articles, stories etc… I think you have to come up with some different tactics…(?) That's what I think….